31 OCT

Apple hears AV geeks, will give Apple TV 4K owners more settings control

The next software update for the Apple TV 4K will give owners of the month-old set-top box a little more control over their video output settings.

As noted by MacRumors, a video released on Apple’s Developer site this week says that the Apple TV’s tvOS 11.2 update will allow the set-top box to automatically switch its display settings to match the native frame rate and dynamic range of a given video.

Currently, the Apple TV 4K takes a “one size fits all” approach to video output. The box reads what sort of refresh rate, resolution, and dynamic range your TV is capable of during setup and sets its video output to what it thinks will provide the best experience—but it doesn’t change that setting on its own afterward, regardless of what you watch.

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Ars Technica

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